Custom Skylake rig

[lowveld]

Dear all,

I need a recommended build for a Skylake or Haswell rig (either i3 or i5 based) which will be capable of photo editing using lightroom / adobe and some light gaming (e.g. dota and hearthstone). What would be a recommended monitor too? Budget is about $1000 (including monitor), but anything lower would great!

I do not require the Windows OS.

Thanks in advance to the bros here!

 

[monikernemo]

Budget?

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[lowveld]

Budget?

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Budget would be about $1k.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

Ditch Skylake for older Haswell as much cheaper but offers similar performance.

 

[lowveld]

Ditch Skylake for older Haswell as much cheaper but offers similar performance.

Sure thing, am open to the suggestion!

 

[enenyi]

Dear all,

I need a recommended build for a Skylake or Haswell rig (either i3 or i5 based) which will be capable of photo editing using lightroom / adobe and some light gaming (e.g. dota and hearthstone). What would be a recommended monitor too? Budget is about $1000 (including monitor), but anything lower would great!

I do not require the Windows OS.

Thanks in advance to the bros here!

Woah 1k with monitor is a bit tight, but I'll try:

CPU+MB: Intel i5-6400 + MSI B150M Bazooka - $423
RAM: Kingston DDR4 2133MHz ValueRAM - $88
GPU- use onboard
SSD: ADATA SX930 120GB - $99
PSU: FSP 450W 80+ HEXA PLUS - $58
Casing: CoolerMaster N200 - $61
Monitor: Dell P2314 23" 1080p monitor - $265

Total: $994

Prices referenced from PC Themes pricelist.

 

[lowveld]

Woah 1k with monitor is a bit tight, but I'll try:

CPU+MB: Intel i5-6400 + MSI B150M Bazooka - $423
RAM: Kingston DDR4 2133MHz ValueRAM - $88
GPU- use onboard
SSD: ADATA SX930 120GB - $99
PSU: FSP 450W 80+ HEXA PLUS - $58
Casing: CoolerMaster N200 - $61
Monitor: Dell P2314 23" 1080p monitor - $265

Total: $994

Prices referenced from PC Themes pricelist.

Thanks! Though I am fine with Haswell too. =)

 

[MoneyFace =p]

CPU+MB: Intel Core i5-4460 + ASRock H81M-HDS R2.0 @ $343
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DDR3-1600 CL11 8GB @ $67
GPU: Zotac GTX 750 Ti 2GB @ $169 (Lazada Singapore)
Wait for price to return.
SSD: Transcend SSD370S 128GB @ $64* (Lazada Singapore)
HDD: Western Digital Blue 1TB @ $77
CASE+PSU: Armaggeddon Microtron T2X [Black] + FSP Hexa+ 450W [80 Plus] @ $88^ (Lazada Singapore)
DSP: Dell S2316H 23" 1080p 60Hz W-LED [AH-IPS] @ $209

Total: $1017

Buy others from PC Themes, #04-15. Haggle for discounts!

*Price after Lazada App AAPROMO $15 off $75 discount coupon
^Price after Lazada App $20 off $100 discount coupon [TBA later]

 

[Chraen]

Thanks! Though I am fine with Haswell too. =)

I used to play Dota2 with my onboard graphics and could barely get good fps at 1080p. That was before the move to Source 2 though so performance may be more optimised now. But I would still recommend at least an entry level graphics card.

 

[MoneyFace =p]

I used to play Dota2 with my onboard graphics and could barely get good fps at 1080p. That was before the move to Source 2 though so performance may be more optimised now. But I would still recommend at least an entry level graphics card.

Intel HD graphics 530 is already well overlapping in entry level discrete graphics.